As an ex smoker who tried to quit so many times including using vapes as well. Just quit cold turkey. That has provided me the longest success. Vapes are just a place holder for smoking and it has its own cons as well. But for me, I always relapsed bc the vape just made me want to smoke a cigarette. It’s the “ritual” that has to be broken
No I haven’t tried the nic salts. I just told myself I won’t smoke for a week and as a reward I would have one cigarette. But by the end of the seven days I didn’t even want that one cig. The first three days were the hardest. And yes there were days I really wanted that cigarette but just had to find something else to distract myself.
I heard somewhere everytime you want a cigarette just tell yourself you’ll wait five minutes. Sometimes that didn’t work but a lot of times after you make it through that initial craving you’ll find it easier to say no. For me it was important I didn’t replace one bad habit with something else. I also told myself if you want to cheat then you have to do a hundred push ups first. And boy did I not want to do those push ups.
I tried cold Turkey three times before it really stuck. I think what really made me change was when I had kids. I just don’t want to be sick. I wanted to give myself the best shot of being around for them.
As an ex smoker who tried to quit so many times including using vapes as well. Just quit cold turkey. That has provided me the longest success. Vapes are just a place holder for smoking and it has its own cons as well. But for me, I always relapsed bc the vape just made me want to smoke a cigarette. It’s the “ritual” that has to be broken
Kudos on your success so far. JMHO
Did you ever try nic salts? I tried regular juice in the past but it didn't work.
No I haven’t tried the nic salts. I just told myself I won’t smoke for a week and as a reward I would have one cigarette. But by the end of the seven days I didn’t even want that one cig. The first three days were the hardest. And yes there were days I really wanted that cigarette but just had to find something else to distract myself.
I heard somewhere everytime you want a cigarette just tell yourself you’ll wait five minutes. Sometimes that didn’t work but a lot of times after you make it through that initial craving you’ll find it easier to say no. For me it was important I didn’t replace one bad habit with something else. I also told myself if you want to cheat then you have to do a hundred push ups first. And boy did I not want to do those push ups.
I tried cold Turkey three times before it really stuck. I think what really made me change was when I had kids. I just don’t want to be sick. I wanted to give myself the best shot of being around for them.